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stickler

/stik-ler/US // ˈstɪk lər //UK // (ˈstɪklə) //

执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for ceremony.
    • : any puzzling or difficult problem.

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Examples

  • But, the Tap is just $129, which makes it a full $100 cheaper than the Blast, so if you’re not a stickler for fidelity and you don’t need the extra ruggedness offered by the UE speakers, it’s still hard to justify the extra cash.

  • The outraged grammar stickler mistakes a convention for an immutable and fundamental law of the universe.

  • Her grammar is fine—Ann is a stickler for grammar—and her anecdotes make sense in that they have a beginning, a middle and an end.

  • Maybe she's a cop who is a stickler for the rules because she's trying to impress the men upstairs.

  • Clearly either she was not his biggest fan or she was a real stickler for rules.

  • Here they did much of the autumn work, for Elizabeth was quite a stickler for having a common place to save something nicer.

  • Miss J. was a stickler for all forms of deference, and carried this weakness to the verge of absurdity.

  • The King, outward stickler that he was for the letter of the law, had to agree.

  • But he is a stickler for etiquette, end the table is cleared charmingly, though with dispatch, before they are placed before him.

  • Tunis Latham could be no stickler for quarter-deck etiquette on this voyage, that was sure.